Henle
/ˈhɛn.li/
"henle" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Henle” is uncommon English (frequency #93,787 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,787
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from German.
Corpus desk
Index EN-henle · Henle · English
Henle · rank #93,787 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,787
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Henman
Nearest frequency peer: Henman (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “Henle”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Hasson
Hasson
6,219 corpus weight
- headwater
headwater
6,216 corpus weight
- Henle
Henle
6,214 corpus weight
- Henman
Henman
6,213 corpus weight
- Hermia
Hermia
6,211 corpus weight
- hooped
hooped
6,206 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Henle” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Henle |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɛn.li/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #93,787 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Henle” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Henle is uncommon English at frequency #93,787 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈhɛn.li/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from German.".
Henle has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Henle, a diminutive of Hans. The correct English form is Henle, spelled H-E-N-L-E.
Definition
- 1A surname from German.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Henle, a diminutive of Hans.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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